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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

We all live in fear of an embarrassing photo popping up on Facebook, but it turns out there's an even WORSE place for those best-forgotten candids to turn up:

Your birthday cake.

(And, ok, yeah - then on an internationally-known blog about bad cakes, but still.)

I used to think edible photos were the worst invention since the Steering Wheel Desk, but that was before I realized their true purpose:

Humiliating drunk guys who take their clothes off.

Yep, edible images are the best thing to happen to passive-aggression since the Post-It note. How else can you get back at the guy who showed up early, drank all the Zima, and then passed out in your mom's favorite arm chair and peed himself?

Remember, revenge is a dish best served iced - and there is a lot of icing...IN CAKE.

I would comment on the misspellings, but it's hard to concentrate with big nipples staring you in the face.

Which I guess explains why employers block so much of the Internet at work, huh?

(HEYO.)

Of course, not all guys need alchohol to get a little frisky in front of the camera:

Must. Not. Make. "Horny." Joke...

And once you hit your ninety-something-th birthday, I know exactly what you want to see:

Not bad, not bad...but can we get some kind of a wild cat in here? And maybe a mullet?

Purrrfect.

I feel like we're straying off the drunken path, though. See, what we *really* need is something with a clown wig, a little Crisco, and a HUGE...

OMG, I am on hold with Apple Tech Support while reading this and they're never going to understand why I'm laughing so hard. . . . .

That "Save a Cowboy" cake is absolutely priceless. I want to know who dropped this guy into the photo. And who created that icing border. One of very few times that icing has actually looked unappealing.

@SaraV, I also wondered about Craig's red spot. I think it's the tongue of the green animal depicted on his undergarment. I was too afraid/chicken to blow up the photo and look.

BTW Jen, you have done a great public service for parents today. I have a son who's 18, and I've given him many lectures about being careful with what you post to the Interwebs. (We web designers have an extra layer of paranoia built in.) Now I have the perfect lecture: "Be careful what you post or it could end up on a CAKE!" He would love it, however, if it ended up on Cake Wrecks, so that's not a threat.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Oooohh, I *SO* wish I had a photo of my friend's ex. He is a *total* jerk. Would LOVE to embarass him like this! Hmmm...perhaps she still has a photo or two that she hasn't shredded yet... I do have one of my hubby from waaaay back but he'd just *die* if I posted it & I love him too much.

Props to Unicorn man for looking so proud of his bad *ss self. He looks you straight in the eye..."Hey Babe, check this out! I can take it, if you know what I mean...I'm ready to ride and built to laaast!"

Sharyn - PRICELESS!

zoomom - you & me both, sister. (Dang, another coincidence! :-) Could we be twins separated @ birth?! Was your family living in Houston a long, long time ago? ;-)

Unicorn guy is the ever fabulous David Mason, creative force behind Slick-it-Up.I think the unicorn poses (yes there's more than one) may have been part of one of his OTT ad campaigns.Gentle warning - his websites are definitely NSFW so don't go googling until you're safely at home and don't even go there if you're easily (or even moderately) offended.

Y'all DO know what the story actually is with Unicorn Guy, right? (looks around for children) Um... let's just say that this particular kink has been around for awhile. Quite awhile. Since long, long before the net. The little hooves are the giveaway.

Yikes! Most if not all of these cakes made me want to shriek and run from the room. Lol. Wow. I bet the recipients of these will really love the embarassment of no one wanting a piece of any of it lol.

To add to the awesomeness of these cakes, the banner ad on the side of my screen was from Almay makeup, advertising their "Bold Nudes" shades of makeup. Hysterical! It's really hard to choose a favorite cake, but I think the unicorn one pretty much conquers everything ever.